Provision of Range Extension Equipment for Project Expanse

CPV: Communications infrastructure · Purchase

Procedure method

Negotiated without publication of a contract notice

Legal basis

CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

2 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST

Last source update

2 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-030972

Classification (CPV)

Communications infrastructurePurchase

Delivery area

Not published

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

The TacSys Service Executive (SE) within Defence Digital (DD), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), have placed with Radiocoms Systems Ltd a 3-month contract for the Provision of Range Extension Equipment to the Dismounted Data System (DDS) for Project Expanse.

It was considered that this contract can be placed using a Direct Award Procedure pursuant to Schedule 5, Paras 6 & 7 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) due to the absence of reasonable alternatives to the good required as well as supply of repeat goods.

4 Light Brigade Combat Team (4LBCT), in support of NATO commitments for the Forward Land Force – Estonia (FLF-E), operate, at readiness, a dismounted situational awareness capability known as the Dismounted Data System (DDS) which was procured and delivered for 2 Battle Groups under Project ASGARD. As this capability remains in use post-ASGARD, Project EXPANSE is the requirement to procure more-of-the-same DDS equipment to meet the total scaling (5 Battle Groups) requirement for 4LBCT. This team now require a larger power generation capability to support increased range for the system during exercises and operations. The supplier has already provided the same goods for Project ASGARD before, and due to the short timeframe for delivery of the contract goods and the inability to test and standardise similar goods for the existing DDS within that timeframe, a decision was made to directly award a contract to Radiocoms Systems Ltd for more-of-the-same COTS items.

Due to the above reasons the requirement will continue as a single source requirement.

• Ministry of Defence (supplier)Awarded supplierMediation bodyReview contact point MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, Bristol, BS34 8JH

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